(Technology) Internet users in Nigeria hits "91million" - NCC

Nigeria is currently ranked the largest users of internet in Africa and rank  no #7 in the world according to wikipedia with an estimated  population of over 180 million people. Since the inception of GSM in the year 2000,  telecommunication has become so efficient  in work places,  schools, security and to reach out to people. The Nigerian Communications Commission has stated that 91 million people in the country access the internet with an increased number of 1,440,582 new users from April, 2017 to May, 2017 according to the data obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN.) You can read more details below.

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The Nigerian Communications Commission says the country internet users increased from 90,124,428 in April to 91,565,010 in May. An increase of 1,440,582 internet new users were recorded.

The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.
The data indicates that internet users on both Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks increased from 90,154,737 in April to 91,565,319 in May.

It said that out of the 91,595,319 internet users in May, 91,565,010 were on GSM networks, while 30,309 users were on CDMA networks.

Also, the GSM service providers gained 1,440,582 internet customers after recording 91,565,010 users in May, as against 90,124,428 it recorded in April.
The CDMA operators had retained 30,309 internet subscribers in May as recorded in April.

The data also shows that MTN had 31,406,441 subscribers browsing the internet on its network in the month under review and also recorded an increase of 600,464 internet subscribers in May after recording 30,805,977 in April.

According to the NCC, Globacom has 27,402,484 customers surfing the net on its network in May, revealing an increase of 211,713 users from the 27,190,771 that surfed the internet on the network in April.

Airtel had 19,912,661 internet users in May, showing an increase of 504,811 customers from 19,407,850 recorded in April.

The data also showed that Etisalat had 12,843,424 customers who browsed the internet in May, an increase of 123,594 users from the 12,719,830 users recorded in April.

CDMA operators, Multi-Links and Visafone had a total of 30,309 internet users on their networks in May, maintaining the same record of April.

Visafone has 30,305 customers surfing the internet in May, while Multi-Links has only four internet users.

The increase in the use of the internet in May is in anticipation of the country’s broadband target of 30 per cent penetration by 2018.



Agency Report (July 15, 2017)

Country or area	Internet users	Rank	Percentage	Rank
China	692,152,618	1	50.30%	90
India	340,873,137	2	36.00%	127
United States	239,882,242	3	74.55%	40
Brazil	122,796,320	4	59.08%	71
Japan	118,131,030	5	93.33%	9
Russia	105,311,724	6	73.41%	43
Nigeria	86,436,611	7	47.44%	96
Mexico	72,945,992	8	57.43%	74
Germany	70,675,097	9	87.59%	21
United Kingdom	59,538,545	10	92.00%	13
Indonesia	56,612,527	11	21.98%	135
France	54,536,418	12	84.69%	25
Vietnam	49,265,575	13	52.72%	84
South Korea	45,213,802	14	89.90%	16
Turkey	42,275,017	15	53.74%	82
Philippines	40,984,654	16	40.70%	111
Italy	39,209,342	17	65.57%	60
Spain	36,293,165	18	78.69%	34
Iran	34,871,367	19	44.08%	103
Pakistan	34,006,477	20	18.00%	151
Egypt	32,851,402	21	35.90%	116
Canada	31,796,053	22	88.47%	17
Argentina	30,131,228	23	69.40%	54
South Africa	28,291,419	24	51.92%	87
Colombia	26,959,845	25	55.90%	78
Thailand	26,721,620	26	39.32%	113
Poland	26,256,020	27	68.00%	57
Bangladesh	23,183,372	28	14.40%	161
Ukraine	22,080,187	29	49.26%	93
Saudi Arabia	21,958,407	30	69.62%	53
Malaysia	21,553,214	31	71.06%	50
Kenya	21,008,148	32	45.62%	98
Australia	20,268,164	33	84.56%	26
Morocco	19,622,683	34	57.08%	76
Venezuela	19,246,571	35	61.87%	69
Taiwan	18,639,773	36	80.00% year 2013	-
Netherlands	15,757,109	37	93.10%	10
Algeria	15,152,610	38	38.20%	114
Kazakhstan	12,843,502	39	72.87%	45
Peru	12,833,058	40	40.90%	110
Uzbekistan	12,794,413	41	42.80%	106
Myanmar	11,749,580	42	21.80%	136
Chile	11,538,860	43	64.29%	66
Ethiopia	11,529,327	44	11.60%	167
Romania	10,879,514	45	55.76%	79
Sudan	10,706,502	46	26.61%	126
Belgium	9,609,963	47	85.05%	22
Sweden	8,861,138	48	90.61%	15
Czech Republic	8,571,610	49	81.30%	30
United Arab Emirates	8,354,813	50	91.24%	14
Ecuador	7,901,051	51	48.94%	94
Azerbaijan	7,510,555	52	77.00%	36
Uganda	7,502,024	53	19.22%	146
Greece	7,322,066	54	66.84%	59
Switzerland	7,300,334	55	87.97%	20
Hungary	7,177,413	56	72.83%	46
Austria	7,171,471	57	83.93%	27
Portugal	7,103,070	58	68.63%	56
Yemen	6,734,886	59	25.10%	130
Ghana	6,435,843	60	23.48%	132
Israel	6,361,718	61	78.89%	33
Iraq	6,272,109	62	17.22%	155
Sri Lanka	6,212,431	63	29.99%	121
Hong Kong	6,191,142	64	84.95%	24
Belarus	5,909,252	65	62.23%	68
Serbia	5,781,457	66	65.32%	61
Syria	5,547,023	67	29.98%	122
Dominican Republic	5,467,393	68	51.93%	86
Denmark	5,461,026	69	96.33%	6
Tunisia	5,460,224	70	48.52%	95
Finland	5,098,953	71	92.65%	12
Norway	5,044,737	72	96.81%	4
Nepal	5,012,708	73	17.58%	154
Bolivia	4,836,842	74	45.10%	100
Cameroon	4,827,576	75	20.68%	142
Ivory Coast	4,767,327	76	21.00%	140
Slovakia	4,613,404	77	85.02%	23
Singapore	4,600,670	78	82.10%	28
Guatemala	4,428,925	79	27.10%	124
Lebanon	4,329,550	80	74.00%	42
Jordan	4,055,488	81	53.40%	83
Bulgaria	4,051,069	82	56.66%	77
New Zealand	3,995,066	83	88.22%	19
Ireland	3,756,398	84	80.12%	31
Cuba	3,543,293	85	31.11%	118
Zambia	3,404,471	86	21.00%	141
Oman	3,330,634	87	74.17%	41
Senegal	3,281,539	88	21.69%	137
Kuwait	3,194,648	89	82.08%	29
Angola	3,102,725	90	12.40%	164
Cambodia	2,959,801	91	19.00%	148
Croatia	2,959,741	92	69.80%	52
Paraguay	2,946,443	93	44.38%	102
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,936,139	94	3.80%	185
Puerto Rico	2,927,069	95	79.47%	39
Costa Rica	2,873,171	96	59.76%	70
Tanzania	2,866,014	97	5.36%	180
Afghanistan	2,686,694	98	8.26%	173
Palestinian Authority	2,680,633	99	57.42%	75
Zimbabwe	2,552,610	100	16.36%	157
Mozambique	2,518,008	101	9.00%	172
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,479,437	102	65.07%	63
Uruguay	2,216,784	103	64.60%	64
South Sudan	2,212,528	104	17.93%	153
Rwanda	2,089,740	105	18.00%	152
Qatar	2,076,198	106	92.88%	11
Burkina Faso	2,062,224	107	11.39%	168
Lithuania	2,054,605	108	71.38%	48
Moldova	2,027,938	109	49.84%	92
Panama	2,012,113	110	51.21%	89
Mali	1,819,808	111	10.34%	169
Georgia	1,806,315	112	45.16%	99
Kyrgyzstan	1,796,838	113	30.25%	120
Armenia	1,757,817	114	58.25%	72
Albania	1,740,904	115	63.25%	67
El Salvador	1,649,276	116	26.92%	125
Honduras	1,644,082	117	20.36%	143
Tajikistan	1,609,856	118	18.98%	149
Malawi	1,601,017	119	9.30%	171
Latvia	1,560,638	120	79.20%	32
Slovenia	1,511,361	121	73.10%	44
Macedonia	1,462,815	122	70.38%	51
Haiti	1,306,750	123	12.20%	165
Bahrain	1,287,441	124	93.48%	7
Laos	1,237,968	125	18.20%	150
Jamaica	1,206,162	126	43.18%	104
Nicaragua	1,198,160	127	19.70%	144
Libya	1,194,159	128	19.02%	147
Estonia	1,160,432	129	88.41%	18
Madagascar	1,010,616	130	4.17%	184
Trinidad and Tobago	941,181	131	69.20%	55
Cyprus	835,753	132	71.72%	47
Turkmenistan	806,025	133	15.00%	160
Benin	738,740	134	6.79%	178
Mauritius	638,388	135	50.14%	91
Mongolia	634,438	136	21.44%	138
Botswana	622,183	137	27.50%	123
Mauritania	618,270	138	15.20%	159
Papua New Guinea	601,926	139	7.90%	174
Guinea	592,604	140	4.70%	182
Luxembourg	551,968	141	97.33%	2
Namibia	548,565	142	22.31%	134
Burundi	544,413	143	4.87%	181
Togo	520,086	144	7.12%	177
Macau	455,982	145	77.60%	-
Niger	441,760	146	2.22%	189
Fiji	413,331	147	46.33%	97
Gabon	405,443	148	23.50%	131
Montenegro	404,004	149	64.56%	65
Swaziland	390,981	150	30.38%	119
Chad	379,011	151	2.70%	187
Republic of the Congo	352,069	152	7.62%	175
Lesotho	343,098	153	16.07%	158
The Gambia	340,846	154	17.12%	156
Iceland	323,495	155	98.20%	1
Malta	318,943	156	76.18%	37
Bhutan	308,382	157	39.80%	112
The Bahamas	302,654	158	78.00%	35
Brunei	301,310	159	71.20%	49
Guyana	293,026	160	38.20%	115
Liberia	265,703	161	5.90%	179
Suriname	232,176	162	42.76%	107
Cabo Verde	223,920	163	43.02%	105
Central African Republic	223,452	164	4.56%	183
Barbados	216,316	165	76.11%	38
Maldives	198,048	166	54.46%	80
New Caledonia	194,707	167	74.00%	-
Somalia	189,853	168	1.76%	190
French Polynesia	182,552	169	64.56%	-
Equatorial Guinea	180,166	170	21.32%	139
Sierra Leone	161,330	171	2.50%	188
Timor Leste	158,758	172	13.40%	162
Belize	149,427	173	41.59%	109
Guam	124,254	174	73.14%	-
Djibouti	105,833	175	11.92%	166
Saint Lucia	96,847	176	52.35%	85
Aruba	92,108	177	88.66%	-
Andorra	68,295	178	96.91%	3
Guinea-Bissau	65,289	179	3.54%	186
Bermuda	60,962	180	98.32%	-
Antigua and Barbuda	59,865	181	65.20%	62
Vanuatu	59,150	182	22.35%	133
Comoros	58,820	183	7.46%	176
Solomon Islands	58,359	184	10.00%	170
U.S. Virgin Islands	58,279	185	54.83%	-
Grenada	57,482	186	53.81%	81
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56,668	187	51.77%	88
Eritrea	56,460	188	1.08%	191
Seychelles	56,068	189	58.12%	73
São Tomé and Príncipe	49,147	190	25.82%	128
Dominica	49,132	191	67.60%	58
Samoa	49,099	192	25.41%	129
Tonga	47,776	193	45.00%	101
Cayman Islands	46,174	194	77.00%	-
Faroe Islands	45,403	195	94.20%	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,068	196	75.70%	39
Jersey	38,958	-	41.03% year 2012	-
Greenland	37,982	197	67.60%	-
Liechtenstein	36,270	198	96.64%	5
Monaco	35,226	199	93.36%	8
Micronesia, Federated States of	32,905	200	31.50%	117
Gibraltar	18,878	-	65.02% year 2012	-
San Marino	16,484	201	54.21% year 2009.	-
Kiribati	14,615	202	13.00%	163
British Virgin Islands	14,456	203	37.60% year 2012	-
Marshall Islands	10,217	204	19.28%	145
Anguilla	10,209	205	64.80% year 2013	-
Tuvalu	4,234	206	42.70%	108
Saint Helena	2,906	-	37.6% year 2012	-
Falkland Islands	2,842	-	96.9% year 2013	-
Montserrat	2,833	207	54.60% year 2013	-
Wallis and Futuna	1,383	-	8.95% year 2012	-
Niue	1,034	208	86.90% year 2013	-
Ascension	361	-	41.0% year 2012	-

Wikipedia July 7, 2017.